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How does understanding the past help us to understand the present?
How does understanding the past help us to understand the present?
How do we study 5,000 years of history?
How do we study 5,000 years of history?
This year in 6th Grade Social Studies we will investigate the most influential ancient civilizations. We might find that they are, incredibly, a lot like the world we live in! You may be wondering how we will cover almost 5,000 years of history in one year, and you've come to the right page. By using six important themes, we will group information into categories, and hopefully, form an understanding of the essential question: How does understanding the past help us understand the present?
Six Essential Historical Themes
Six Essential Historical Themes
1.Geography
1.Geography
Geography refers to the characteristics of a physical place, the ways that environment affects human life, and the ways that humans change the environment. It also refers to the movement of people, goods, and ideas from place to place.
Why do people move and live where they do?
2. Culture
2. Culture
Culture is the way of life that a society or group shares. It includes the way people act, the way they express themselves, and the way they are organized.
What is shared about the way people act, express themselves or are organized?
3. Economics
3. Economics
Economics includes the ways that people use their limited resources to satisfy their needs and desires. It also refers to the ways that societies produce wealth and how they organize labor.
How has the quest for resources and trade shaped human history?
4. Government
4. Government
Government refers to the system of laws and authority that a society uses to guide or control its members.
How is authority obtained and laws developed and how does that affect the way people live together?
5. Belief Systems
5. Belief Systems
Belief systems are often religions, which are beliefs in a god or gods. Belief systems may also be systems of ethics, or principles of right and wrong.
How is the society guided by it's ideas of right and wrong?
6. Science & Technology
6. Science & Technology
The theme of science and technology includes discoveries, inventions, and improved methods of doing things.
What problems of daily life have people solved by using science and technology?
As you study the ancient civilizations, you will see that certain patterns occur throughout history. Using the Essential Historical Themes on this page will help you understand the importance of various facts as they relate to Social Studies and our understanding of our history.
As you study the ancient civilizations, you will see that certain patterns occur throughout history. Using the Essential Historical Themes on this page will help you understand the importance of various facts as they relate to Social Studies and our understanding of our history.
When you see this symbol - recall the Essential Historical Themes on this page. Look to your sources to help you decide the answers to the guiding questions for each theme. Use the theme as a way to organize your understanding of the lesson.
When you see this symbol - recall the Essential Historical Themes on this page. Look to your sources to help you decide the answers to the guiding questions for each theme. Use the theme as a way to organize your understanding of the lesson.
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